Heard about this from one of the guys in the Roadie forum a few days ago. Dallas REI, next Saturday (17th) at 9am - noon. Anyone planning on going and anyone planning on being there selling? I've got some vintage stuff I might take down and try to get rid of, including the Schwinn touring bike if it's not sold before then.

Well, if you're selling a decent amount of stuff then the $15 is probably worth it. Especially if you have a full bike. And the money goes to a good cause. I'll have a wheelset, couple handlebars, a stem or two, some other odds and ends.

Well I had hoped to have a 27" wheelset ready for sale at the meet, but after this morning's adventure trying to start building that set's replacement... looks like I'll be needing to keep the set around for a bit longer. Humph. It's my luck that I buy a bum rim for my first wheel build.

If someone is serious about buying a full bike at the swapmeet they'll likely have some cash on them. I'd probably take a check for maybe $250+ from a cyclist who could produce their driver's licence and their PBA membership card or something simular. Some way for me to be able to track them down if they write a bum check. But I'd like to hope we can trust fellow cyclists.

After all, I've got a pretty good chunk of change from about 30 members for a whole bunch of jerseys.

If anyone checks this before heading out to the swap meet: I'm about 50/50 if I"m going to be there now. Caught a bit of a stomach bug last night and had a rough night as it worked its way out of my system if you know what I mean. It's currently 7:30 and I'm awake (damn getting up at 6:00 every day for work) so I may try to make it down at least for a bit to browse.

I headed out about 11:30. Didn't sell the Schwinn, but did get some XTR brakes and one of my spare sets of handlbars sold. $20 to the good isn't too bad for a couple hours on a Saturday morning. The wind was bad though, making it feel a lot colder than it was.

monogodo - I'm sure I spotted you out there somewhere about then. Some of the prices were a bit high, but depending on what you were looking for/needing I didn't think they were too bad. Solid prices over all, the deals went pretty early. Now I'm kinda glad I didn't sell the Schwinn passage I had Sat as I just traded it for a Serotta with Super Record.

You traded a Schwinn Passage for a Serotta with SR? Damn, were they on crack?

I'm sure I could have found a good deal there if someone had what I was looking for, but no one did (vintage Campy/Stronglight/etc. cranks). I guess I was thinking that it was going to be like the bike swap my brother went to in Madison, WI, where he got $300 cranks for $30.

As for spotting me, I arrived (and left) in a black VW New Beetle with my wife, I was wearing a black leather coat, and she was in a black coat.